A 14-member Bangladesh A team, led by Hannan Sarker, leave Dhaka for Maharashtra (India) today (Friday) to play a four-dayer, a three-dayer, and two one-day and two T20 matches against their Maharashtra counterparts, reports UNB.During the 19-day tour, Bangladesh A...
MELBOURNE, SEPT 24 (AP): Australia fast bowler Nathan Bracken has been ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa due to a right knee injury.Team officials Thursday said medical staff had determined Bracken could not continue playing, and...
KALIHATI (Tangail), Sept 24 (UNB): Sadaat Chairman and his group of Gopalpur secured the first place while Motiar Rahman of Ghatail finished second in the NCC Bank-Singna Rowing Competition 2009 held at Qumribeel of Singna village here.The competition was organised...
GLASGOW, Sept 24 (AFP) - China midfielder Zheng Zhi is finally ready to make his mark at Celtic after completing his long-awaited move to the Scottish club.Zheng arrived in Glasgow Wednesday to link up with Celtic after briefly returning to...
State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarkar Thursday visited different venues in the city to see the progress of work ahead of the South Asian (SA) Games to be held next January in Dhaka, reports UNB.He first saw...
After the good work done in the field, South Africa came out and made steady progress towards their target in Centurion. Jacques Kallis accelerated after Graeme Smith's dismissal, batting like the world was his stage, and that brief period of...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24 (AP): Former test players are calling for the shedding of senior batsmen from the limited-overs squad after Pakistan struggled to beat the West Indies by five wickets in the Champions Trophy group match."It's time the senior batsmen...
China captain Zheng Zhi has arrived in Scotland and will complete his move to Celtic on Friday, reports BBC.The 29-year-old defender, who can also play in midfield, left English League One side Charlton when his contract expired in June. He...
LONDON, Sept b24 (AFP): Joe Cole insists he still has some way to go before he is back to his best after completing his first 90 minutes since damaging knee ligaments last January.Cole's performance was one of the highlights of...
NEW DELHI, Sept 24 (AFP): India Thursday changed the venue of the opening match from Jaipur to Vadodara in the seven-match one-day series against Australia starting next month.The rest of the schedule remains unchanged.Revised schedule:Oct 25: First one-dayer at VadodaraOct...
Egypt's Young Pharaohs hope to launch the Under-20 World Cup in style Thursday evening, reports BBC.They kick off the tournament against Trinidad and Tobago in front of the Egyptian president in Alexandria. The young Pharaohs need to win to have...
Any change to the constitution will be made based on popular consensus, and the ruling party will not impose its overwhelming majority in Parliament. Minister for Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives Syed Ashraful Islam said this, while talking...
Our CorrespondentChittagong, Sept 24: Remarks of BNP leader and law-maker Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury about the party's senior joint secretary general Tarek Rahman in a recent interview with Desh TV have sparked off intra-party turmoil in the city.His remarks evoked strong...
NEW YORK, Sept 23 (BSS): Bangladesh will seek developed countries' support for capacity building of its people to tackle the adverse effects of climate change caused by global warming. Speaking at a meeting hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon...
FE Report The government's rural roads programme "Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP)" is helping to provide rural communities with improved access to social services and economic opportunities, said a World Bank press release. The improvements in the Upazila Roads have...
NARAYANGANJ, Sept 24 (BSS): The government has launched a vigorous campaign to recover illegal arms and ammunition to free the country from terrorism.State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku Thursday said this while visiting different Puja mandops on the...
LAXMIPUR, Sept 23 (bdnews24.com): A local Awami League (AL) leader was chopped and beaten to death Tuesday night in an incident blamed on political rivals. Tofael Ahmed (32), Jubo League convener of Noagaon union, Ramganj Upazila in the district, came...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 24 (BSS): Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has taken necessary steps to enhance recreational facilities here with a view to attracting more visitors to the city. City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton said this while visiting the city's Shaheed AHM...
GAIBANDHA, Sept 24 (BSS): All must come forward and work unitedly for the development of Shaghata Upazila and the district as well as to make digital Bangladesh.Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) president Mahmud Hasan Ripon said at a view exchange meeting...
MOULVIBAZAAR, Sep 23 (bdnews24.com): India's Border Security Force (BSF) detained and took away a Bangladesh farmer from Sharifpur border area at Kulaura of Moulvibazar Wednesday morning. Sharifpur Union Parishad chairman Mostafa Miah said that at around 6:00am Kutub Ali (40)...
RANGPUR, Sept 24 (BSS): Large-scale farming of flash-flood tolerant varieties of Aman crop can produce an additional six million tonnes of paddy annually to make the country completely self-reliant in food production and a rice exporting nation. The concerned authorities...
KHULNA, Sept 24 (BSS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the newly built Shaheed Sheikh Naser Specialized Hospital here soon.State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnuzan Sufian said this at a post Eid-ul-Fitr exchange of views session...
The greatest religious festival of the Hindu community `Sharadiya Durgotsav' started Thursday with due religious fervour and festivity in the highest ever 24,000 mandaps throughout the country, reports BSS.The five-day programmes of the grand celebration began with Shashti Puja, the...
Two people were killed and 55 others injured in separate road accidents in Chittagong and Manikganj districts Thursday, reports UNB.In Chittagong, a woman, Shamsun Nahar, was killed and five other people were injured in a head-on collision between a private...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 24 (UNB): Hundreds of fishermen in the district are passing hard days due to acute shortage of fishes in the water bodies.Fishermen said canals, rivers, beels (large water body) and other water bodies are almost fishless because no...
Paribesh Banchao Andolon (PBA), Citizens Rights Movement and Nirapad Development Foundation will jointly hold a rally Saturday (Sept 26) in front of the National Museum at Shahbagh to observe the 'World Car-free Day-2009', reports UNB. The chairman of PBA Abu...
FE ReportBurglars stole surgical equipment from an operation theatre of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early Wednesday, police said.The burglary took place three days after a sensational burglary at a jewellery shop at Gulshan Plaza from where thieves looted gold...
FE ReportAuthorities of Naz Sweater Factory, an enterprise of Azad group, Tuesday filed a case against unknown persons for vandalising their apparel plant at Joydevpur, police said.Officer-in-Charge of Joydevpur police station Abdur Rashid told the FE that the factory authorities...
Our CorrespondentJOYPURHAT, Sept 24: Three persons including two minor boys were killed by lightning at Pallibala village under Sadar Upazila Wednesday noon in the district. Local people and police said a woman named Bali Begum (40), wife of Mizanur Rahman...
President Zillur Rahman will exchange greetings with the members of the Hindu community on the occasion of Bijoya Dashami at Bangabhaban at 5.00 pm on September 29 (Tuesday), reports BSS.Earlier, the reception was scheduled to be held on September 28....
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